Hon. Mentions: Al Pacino, The Godfather; Joseph Cotten, Shadow of a Doubt; Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln; Charlie Chaplin, The Great Dictator; James Mason, Lolita; Donald Sutherland, Ordinary People; Tom Courtenay, Loneliess of the Long-Distance Runner;
For example, some actors I hate to leave off: Tom Hardy (he's officially one of my favourites now, I have loved pretty much every performance of his I've seen, and his greatest performance Locke is very close to making the list, the only thing holding him off this list I guess is his relative youth and the fact I want to see even more of him before making a final decision); Philip Seymour Hoffman (god we miss his screen presence, his performances in The Master, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead and Synedoche New York were all in serious consideration); Tatsuya Nakadai (well I still haven't seen either Kagemusha or Ran yet but I have found him insanely good in everything I've seen him in thus far); Samuel L. Jackson (incredibly close to making the list for Pulp Fiction); Rod Steiger (he really should be on here for Tom Courtenay (should probably be on here by virtue of either Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner or The Dresser I just kinda left him off here because he'd already made the supporting top 30); Jeremy Irons (he's close for Misery and I really should have a go at Dead Ringers); Charlie Chaplin (someone else who's done nothing but great work throughout his career and who's Great Dictator performance deserves recognition on here); Bob Hoskins (his performances in Mona Lisa and The Long Good Friday are the stuff of cinematic perfection); Donald Sutherland (I HATE leaving him off the list, as far as I'm concerned Don't Look Now and Ordinary People are two of the greatest understated performances of all-time); Gene Hackman (I still haven't seen The Conversation but his great comic performance in The Royal Tennenbaums was awfully close to making the list); Christian Bale (he really should be on here for The Prestige); James Mason (Lolita needs a re-watch that could potentially boost him up here); and individual performances like Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln and There Will Be Blood and Richard Attenborough in Brighton Rock I leave off mostly because the actors have already made the list (though I do make one exception against that rule here)
For example, some actors I hate to leave off: Tom Hardy (he's officially one of my favourites now, I have loved pretty much every performance of his I've seen, and his greatest performance Locke is very close to making the list, the only thing holding him off this list I guess is his relative youth and the fact I want to see even more of him before making a final decision); Philip Seymour Hoffman (god we miss his screen presence, his performances in The Master, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead and Synedoche New York were all in serious consideration); Tatsuya Nakadai (well I still haven't seen either Kagemusha or Ran yet but I have found him insanely good in everything I've seen him in thus far); Samuel L. Jackson (incredibly close to making the list for Pulp Fiction); Rod Steiger (he really should be on here for Tom Courtenay (should probably be on here by virtue of either Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner or The Dresser I just kinda left him off here because he'd already made the supporting top 30); Jeremy Irons (he's close for Misery and I really should have a go at Dead Ringers); Charlie Chaplin (someone else who's done nothing but great work throughout his career and who's Great Dictator performance deserves recognition on here); Bob Hoskins (his performances in Mona Lisa and The Long Good Friday are the stuff of cinematic perfection); Donald Sutherland (I HATE leaving him off the list, as far as I'm concerned Don't Look Now and Ordinary People are two of the greatest understated performances of all-time); Gene Hackman (I still haven't seen The Conversation but his great comic performance in The Royal Tennenbaums was awfully close to making the list); Christian Bale (he really should be on here for The Prestige); James Mason (Lolita needs a re-watch that could potentially boost him up here); and individual performances like Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln and There Will Be Blood and Richard Attenborough in Brighton Rock I leave off mostly because the actors have already made the list (though I do make one exception against that rule here)
30. Christian Bale, The Prestige
29. William Holden, Stalag 17
28. Sidney Poitier, In the Heat of the Night
27. Bruno Ganz, Downfall
26. Laurence Olivier, Rebecca
25. Charles Laughton, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
24. Marlon Brando, On the Waterfront
23. Ian McKellen, Mr Holmes
22. Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
21. John Hurt, The Elephant Man
20. Ernest Borgnine, Marty
19. Jack Nicholson, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
18. Ulrich Mühe, The Lives of Others
17. Alec Guinness, Bridge over the River Kwai
16. Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
15. James Stewart, Vertigo
14. Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewlyn Davis
13. Johnny Depp, Edward Scissorhands
12. F. Murray Abraham, Amadeus
11. Richard Attenborough, 10 Rillington Place
10. Adrien Brody, The Pianist
9. Michael Redgrave, The Browning Version
8. James Cagney, Angels With Dirty Faces
7. Trevor Howard, Outcast of the Islands
6. Toshiro Mifune, Yojimbo
5. Daniel Day-Lewis, My Left Foot
4. Peter O'Toole, Lawrence of Arabia
3. Al Pacino, Dog Day Afternoon
2. Takashi Shimura, Ikiru
1. James Stewart, It's a Wonderful Life
Revised 2015 Best Actor Rankings:
- Ian McKellen, Mr Holmes
- Jacob Tremblay, Room
- Matt Damon, The Martian
- Tom Hardy, Legend
- Jason Segel, The End of the Tour
- Michael B. Jordan, Creed
- Michael Fassbender, Macbeth
- Jason Bateman, The Gift
- Géza Röhrig, Son of Saul
- Ben Foster, The Program
- Abraham Attah, Beasts of No Nation
- Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
- Tom Hanks, Bridge of Spies
- Ben Mendelsohn, Mississippi Grind
- Ryan Reynolds, Mississippi Grind
- Tom Hardy, Mad Max: Fury Road
- Tom Courtenay, 45 Years
- Paul Dano, Love & Mercy
- John Cusack, Love & Mercy
- Tobey Maguire, Pawn Sacrifice
- John Boyega, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Kurt Russell, Bone Tomahawk
- Johnny Depp, Black Mass
- Al Pacino, Danny Collins
- Jesse Eisenberg, The End of the Tour
- Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
- Domhnall Gleeson, Ex Machina
- Joel Edgerton, Black Mass
- Paul Rudd, Ant-Man
- Patrick Wilson, Bone Tomahawk
- Jason Mitchell, Straight Outta Compton
- Corey Hawkins, Straight Outta Compton
- O'Shea Jackson, Straight Outta Compton
- Jason Clarke, Everest
- Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
- Jake Gyllenhaal, Southpaw
- Daniel Craig, Spectre
- Colin Farrell, The Lobster
- Dane DeHaan, Life
- Henry Cavill, The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
- Armie Hammer, The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
- Tom Cruise, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
- Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
- Harvey Keitel, Youth
- Tom Hardy, Child 44
- Alex Jennings, The Lady in the Van
- Sharlto Copley, Chappie
- Tom Hiddleston, Crimson Peak
- Robert Pattison, Life
- Michael Fassbender, Slow West
- Vin Diesel, Fast and Furious 7
- James McAvoy, Victor Frankenstein
- Will Smith, Concussion
- David Thewliss, Anomalisa
- Chris Pratt, Jurassic World
- Mark Wahlberg, Ted 2
- Sean Penn, The Gunman
- Bill Hader, Trainwreck
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt, The Walk
- Jesse Eisenberg, American Ultra
- Dev Patel, Chappi
- Michael Caine, Youth
- Ryan Reynolds, Woman in Gold
- Will Smith, Focus
- Levi Miller, Pan
- Jai Courtney, Terminator Genisys
- Daniel Radcliffe, Victor Frankenstein
- Miles Teller, Fantastic Four
- Nat Wolff, Paper Towns
- Channing Tatum, Jupiter Ascending
- Johnny Depp, Mortdecai
- Thomas Mann, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
- Jamie Dornan, Fifty Shades of Grey
- Kodi Smit-McPhee, Slow West
I love every one of these except Depp but I still like him. Great list!
ReplyDeleteTruly a great list and I don't think there is a single bad choice in it.
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